WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012
JAMMINS ENTERTAINMENT & BIOLIFE
PRESENT
SOUNDS OF REGGAE
@ BARCLAYS CENTER
620 ATLANTIC AVENUE BROOKLYN NY
BARCLAYS CENTER IS A MAJOR SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUE IN THE HEART OF BROOKLYN, NY.
BARCLAYS CENTER WILL HAS ONE OF THE MOST INTIMATE SEATING CONFIGURATIONS EVER DESIGNED INTO A MODERN MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA,
WITH UNPARALLELED SIGHTLINES AND FIRST-CLASS AMENITIES
LOCATED ATOP ONE OF THE LARGEST TRANSPORTATION HUBS IN NEW YORK CITY,
BARCLAYS CENTER IS ACCESSIBLE BY 11 SUBWAY LINES AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD.
SOUNDS OF REGGAE WILL FEATURE
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED REGGAE SUPERSTARS
ALI CAMPBELL’S UB40
THE CROWD PLEASER
MAXI PRIEST
STORYTELLER
BERES HAMMOND
AND
MR. LOVER MAN
SHAGGY
ALL IN ONE AMAZING CONCERT
WITH MORE ARTISTS TO BE ADDED AS THE CONCERT DRAWS CLOSER
IN CELEBRATION OF JAMAICA’S 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, VETERAN REGGAE CROONER BERES HAMMOND, AWARD-WINNING ARTIST SHAGGY, ALI CAMPBELL AND HIS VERSION OF UB40 AND BRITISH REGGAE STAR MAXI PRIEST WILL ALL PERFORM TOGETHER AS PART OF THE SOUNDS OF REGGAE CONCERT AT BROOKLYN’S BARCLAYS CENTER
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BERES HAMMOND, REGGAE CONNOISSEURS SIGN AT THE MENTION OF HIS NAME
HE IS THE CONSUMMATE STORYTELLER.
THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERY LISTENER
LADIES ARE MADE TO FEEL REGAL WITH ANGEL EYES
MEN RELATE TO DOUBLE TROUBLE
AND HIS ENTIRE AUDIENCE GETS A BOOST FROM I FEEL GOOD
HIS APPEAL IS ACROSS THE BOARD AND HIS FANS ALWAYS CLAMOR FOR MORE
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WITH A COMMANDING PRESENCE, A DISTINCTIVE VOICE
THAT IS RECOGNIZABLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
AND TITLES SUCH AS ARTIST, BUSINESSMAN,
PHILANTHROPIST AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNER
SHAGGY IS AND HAS BEEN A FORCED TO BE RECKONED WITH.
A SON OF THE BRAMBLY STREETS OF KINGSTON, JAMAICA
IN 1993, SHAGGY EXPLODED ON THE MUSIC SCENE
WITH HIS DEBUT ALBUM “PURE PLEASURE
THAT ALBUM WAS AN INSTANT HIT IN ENGLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES
SHAGGY FOLLOWED UP WITH HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM “BOOMBASTIC” IN 1995
“BOOMBASTIC” WENT CERTIFIED PLATINUM,
& WON A GRAMMY AWARD IN 1996 FOR BEST REGGAE ALBUM
AND TOPPED AN IMPRESSIVE CHART LIST THAT INCLUDED
THE TOP 40 RHYTHMIC CHARTS, HOT 100, BILLBOARD 200, AMONG OTHERS
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ORIGINATED IN BINGHAM ENGLAND (1978), UB40 WORKED HARD
AND ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION.
LED BY LEAD SINGER ALI CAMPBELL AND BAND- MATE BRIAN TRAVERS
THE GROUP WAS INFLUENCED BY THEIR LOVE FOR THE MANY DIVERSE SOUNDS
OF REGGAE; SKA AND EARLY LOVERS ROCK MUSIC
THEY BECAME A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS WITH SEVERAL HITS MAKING THE CHARTS
(US & UK BILLBOARD HOT 100) INCLUDING CHART TOPPERS – “RED RED WINE”
“CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE” AND THEIR VERSION OF “I GOT YOU BABE”
TO DATE UB40 HAS SOLD OVER 70 MILLION RECORDS
AND CONTINUES TO PERFORM TO SOLD-OUT CONCERT HOUSES.
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MAXI PRIEST IS ONE OF ONLY TWO BRITISH REGGAE ACTS
TO HAVE AN AMERICAN BILLBOARD NUMBER ONE SONG
“CLOSE TO YOU” IN 1990.
HIS DUET WITH GRAMMY WINNER SHAGGY IN 1996,
“THAT GIRL”, WAS ALSO A HIT IN THE UNITED STATES
PEAKING AT NUMBER TWENTY
HE HAS ALSO WORKED ALONGSIDE REGGAE LEGENDS
SLY & ROBBIE, BERES HAMMOND
AND MOST NOTABLY IN THE REGGAE COMMUNITY
HIS MONSTER COLLABORATION WITH ANOTHER GRAMMY-AWARD WINNER FOR REGGAE
SHABBA RANKS ON THEIR HIT SINGLE,
HOUSE CALL (BODY CAN’T LIE TO ME)”
IN 1991 HIS REGGAE FUSION WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL
AND HIS SONGS NOT ONLY WENT TO THE TOP OF THE AMERICAN BILLBOARD CHART
BUT HE ALSO BECAME A GRAMMY WINNING RECORDING ARTIST.
HIS SUCCESS LED TO PERFORMANCES WITH THE LEGENDARY ROBERTA FLACK
SINGING “SET THE NIGHT TO MUSIC”
SEALING HIS PLACE NOT ONLY IN REGGAE BUT IN MUSIC HISTORY
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THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST FEATURED REGGAE EVENT TO HIT THE TRI-STATE THIS YEAR
JAMMINS ENTERTAINMENT HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE CONCERT HAS CHOSEN THE
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (AFUWI) SCHOLARSHIP FUND
AS ITS OFFICIAL BENEFICIARY OF THE CONCERT PROCEEDS
THE CHOICE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR NEEDY STUDENTS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (UWI)
AS ITS OFFICIAL BENEFICIARY OF THE CONCERT PROCEEDS
IS A STELLAR INDICATION BY THOSE INVOLVED TO THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT EDUCATION PLAYS
IN EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS CASE THE YOUTH OF THE CARIBBEAN.
CONTACT
BOBBY/CHOKA LYME
EMAIL
CHOKALYMENY@GMAIL.COM
PHONE
646-344-0679
